Monday stuff

The rehab of the house next door is really getting on my nerves. The couple who are doing the work and living in the house have been there for a year, and they are still not done. So there is the noise factor which is irritating. Then there is the fact that they do all the outside work - cutting boards and such - right outside my back porch and they both smoke. Sometimes I have to close the windows because of the stink. Yuck!

When I smoked, I really didn't know how bad cigarette smoke smells to non-smokers. The longer I am a non-smoker, the more it bothers me. Oh! How the mighty have fallen!

Their dog, Portia, is quieter since the young dog Buster, was killed by a truck. They never tie the dogs, and Buster was very aggressive. He ran out in the street because of someone walking 2 dogs on the other side of the street. The pickup that hit him just could not stop in time. I feel bad for the dog, and blame the owners. Fortunately, the accident was witnessed by one of the captains from the Fire Department who was behind the pickup. Poor Buster. But I was afraid of him because he was fierce and was trying to get through a screened window on their front porch one day when I was trying to week the front lawn. As long as I was in sight, he was barking fiercely and scrabbling at the screen. He almost bit the neighbour on the other side of the house. If he hadn't jerked his arm back in time, Buster would have gotten a good chunk of him.

Work is so darn busy that I don't know what to do next. One coworker is brand new - this is the first day of the second week. But she has picked up some things really quickly so I have high hopes for the future! Other coworker had a day off today and contacted our manager to say that there was a death in the family and she would be out for "a few" days. Annoying. So I will have more overtime hours added to the huge number I have now - that I can't use without falling behind and having to put more hours in. As soon as new coworker is up to snuff, I'll be taking lots of time off. I'm thinking of being very irritating by taking a whole bunch of Fridays and Mondays off and working 3-day weeks. Ha!

I am thinking of getting into work email and trying to answer some of them, but I'm darn tired. Think I'll give it a miss and add some extra time tomorrow instead.